322: Photohydrolysis Decontamination Reduces Healthcare-associated Infections
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TWiM explains how ticagrelor alters the membrane of S. aureus and enhances the activity of vancomycin and daptomycin without eliciting cross-resistance, and the development of a novel continuous disinfectant technology that decreases healthcare-associated infections in ICUs by 70%. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode (mBio) Novel (Am J Inf Control) UVC-LED to (Appl Envir Micro) systems (ACS Photonics) area (CDC) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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321: The Microbes in Your Food
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TWiM focuses on recent foodborne outbreaks of bacterial infections, and how nanopore sequencing technology can be used to identify pathogenic microbes and antimicrobial resistance genes in food products. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode (CDC) d (Gates Foundation) of foods (Food Microbiol) (YouTube) (YouTube) Methods for (Appl Micro Biotech) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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320: Rockstars of USAMRIID
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TWiM travels to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to learn how research conducted at USAMRIID leads to vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and training programs that protect both warfighters and civilians. Hosts: , and . Guests: Norman Kreiselmeir, Christopher K Coat, Keersten Ricks, and Eric Nguyen Links for this episode: (TWiV 200) Unintentional importation of (Emerg Inf Dis) Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode emissions (WaPo) Precision (Audacious Project) genes (Nat Commun) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded...
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319: The Dark Side of the Rumen
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TWiM explains a project to engineer the cow microbiome to reduce emissions of methane, and the finding of antibiotic resistance genes in the genomes of giant viruses. Hosts: , , and . Subscribe to TWiM (free) on , , , , or by Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode emissions (WaPo) Precision (Audacious Project) genes (Nat Commun) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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318: How To Pick a Winner
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TWiM explains how bacterial community structure can be used to predict athletic performance in racehorses, and the idea that a tiny fraction of all species forms most of Nature. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode (Sci Rep) by Stephen Jay Gould ? (PNAS) (PLoS Biol) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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317: Bat White-nose Syndrome
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TWiM explains unique modifications in the energy conservation pathways linked to methanogenesis in an Archaeon, and mechanisms of white nose fungal invasion of cells from the Little Brown Bat. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode (Nature) (Science) Adaptive (Science) (Critter Catalog) (Harpswell) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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316: Food Addiction and the Gut Microbiome
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TWiM describes experiments to explore gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans, and how a phage tail-like protein suppresses competitors in populations of bacteria of plants. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode (Probiotics) (Gut Microbes) Blautia wexlerae ameliorates (Nat Commun) Phage tail–like (Science) ? (Front Micro) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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315: How Pseudomonas Became A Global Pathogen
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TWiM explores evolution and host adaptation of Pseudomonas infections of plants, and the impact of COVID-19 on ESBL-producing E. coli on urinary tract and blood infections. Hosts: and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode Evolution and host (Science) , infection by injection (Nat Comm) (Peer J) (Taming the Beast) (Wellcome Sanger Inst) (Antimicro Resist Inf Control) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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314: Microbes Sculpt Our Planet and Manage Inflammation
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TWiM explores the deep-dwelling microbes that sculpt our planet, and the use of microbes in bioelectronics to manage inflammation. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode Deep-dwelling (NY Times) resolve inflammation (Science) Active for managing inflammation (Science) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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313: Could Fungal Pathogens Outsmart US?
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From ASM Microbe in Atlanta, Georgia, Arturo joins TWiM to reveal the threats that fungi pose to human health, including the notorious Candida auris and many more and how committed experts are researching ways to save us and our food supplies. Hosts: , Guest: Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/nKJe5xNUocU Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode Disaster (Biomedica) Emergence of (mBio) What if ? (JHU Press) : Good Science, Bad Science, and How to Make It Better (Amazon) Recorded at ASM Microbe 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Join us at the next ASM Microbe by visiting us at Music...
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S. aureus drives itch and scratch behavior (Cell)
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Novel antibiotic targets LPS transporter (Nature)
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New antibiotic traps LPS (Nature)
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Macrocyclic peptide drugs (Science)
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